Reports from the Trail
2016
34 Mile Section in 4 hrs and 40 Minutes
FROM: Heather Graziano, Ride Captain, Carson City to Fort Churchill, Nevada Division
PDT
Had a beautiful and fun evening riding into Fort Churchill as the light was just starting to disappear. We dodged a rattle snake along the way, waved to some hay farmers and watched the colors start on the hills. Our section got the mail about 20 minutes late and we were able to make up 10 min overall even after a couple of slow exchanges due to troubleshooting the tracker. Super proud of my riders and horses for covering our 34 mile section in 4 hrs and 40 minutes! Huge, Continue Reading
FROM: David Kittle, Third Vice President, NPEA
SENT: June 17th, 2016 | 3:36pm PDT
STATUS: At 15:14 hrs the Pony was at Rail Road Pass, running 2 hours 45 minutes late.
FROM: David Kittle, Third Vice President, NPEA
SENT: June 17th, 2016 | 2:24pm PDT
STATUS: Rider was at Smith Creek Ranch at 13:26 hrs running 1 hr and 26 minutes late.
FROM: Nevada Hot Line (1-855-809-8589)
SENT: June 17th, 2016 | 11:41am PDT
STATUS: At 10:42pm the mail was reported to be at Grubb Wells currently 2 hours and 42 minutes behind schedule.
FROM: David Kittle, Third Vice President, NPEA
SENT: June 17th, 2016 | 10:19am PDT
STATUS: Rider at Cold Springs on HWY 50 at 09:50 hrs, 2 hours and 25 minutes late.
Hwy 50 to Celio Ranch in CA
FROM: Lisa Agoitia, California XP Rider
PDT
My ride was Hwy 50 to Celio Ranch. The mail was a 45 min ahead of time by the time I received it. Smooth sailing down the hill to Cielio Ranch. Ran it a few min. faster than the time given. If it was raining or wet pavement it would have been a slow go down the paved hill. But weather was on our side and Harmony (my horse) and I had a beautiful ride down. Passed of the mail to the next rider. Folks had pancakes and eggs at, Continue Reading
FROM: Nevada Hot Line (1-855-809-8589)
SENT: June 17th, 2016 | 9:38am PDT
STATUS: At 8:15am the mail was reported at East Gate currently 2 hours and 20 minutes behind schedule.
FROM: Nevada Hot Line (1-855-809-8589)
SENT: June 17th, 2016 | 7:28am PDT
STATUS: On Thursday, June 16 at 9:54pm the mail was reported 8 miles east of Hooten Wells approximately 1 hour behind schedule.
FROM: Nevada Hot Line
SENT: June 16th, 2016 | 7:07pm PDT
STATUS: At 6:50pm the mail was reported to be at Fort Churchill State Park approximately 55 minutes behind schedule.
FROM: Nevada Hot Line
SENT: June 16th, 2016 | 4:45pm PDT
STATUS: At 1545 the mail was reported to be at HWY 351 and HWY 50 headed off road towards Dayton approximately 1 hour behind the expected schedule.